Searah’s out of town, but you better believe the first words out of my mouth when I see her are going to be “we need to get this film!” (Okay, maybe the second. ‘How was your trip?’ might take priority.) It arrived today in the mail. A padded envelope, handwritten address, return address: Morty Diamond, Brooklyn, NY.
I had seen Papi’ and Wil previously in Shine Louise Houston’s In Search of the Wild Kingdom, but this time, with Morty Diamond behind the camera, they combine their passionate, rowdy fucking with conversation about, well, about most of the things I find important and exciting, honestly. They talk about gender, being not ftm, but instead identifying as trans entities with masculine gender presentations. They talk about their kinky nastiness and the particular joy of being someone in a consensual space with a partner that you would never be in real life. Papi talks about the ways that as a survivor of sexual abuse, kink has liberating potential. They talk about polyamory. They hang out with one of their partners, a white person. (Papi and Wil are both people of color.) They talk about power and white supremacy and race play, something alot of people won’t touch with a ten foot pole. And then you watch the three of them go at it with collars and vibrators and sharp objects and dildos and breath play and lots of hot, realistic orgasms.
The love between these two is palpable. During the interviews you barely remember the camera, as most of the time they talk directly to each other about how amazing their connection is. Unlike the Comstock films of the same docu-porn style, there is no sense that Papi and Wil are at all concerned with their audience. They’re just really freakin’ into each other and really freakin’ freaky.
It was so nice to watch really intense bdsm that didn’t revolve around leather and fetish a la Fashionistas. You watch the couple negotiate an interrogation/rape scene and then watch them play it out. This scene was really intense and kindof difficult for me in that, but watching Wil take care of Papi afterwards while they laugh and reconnect was worth it.
It’s amazing how much love and how much nastiness these folks managed to pack into one hour. Definately high on the queer porn must-see list!
Cheers,
Lee
